Abstract

I recently had the great honour of being invited to address the special national conference of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the umbrella body that represents, promotes and protects the interests of all the country's municipalities. My address on the day dealt with how our municipalities are faring in the drive towards wholesale clean administration and accountability in the public sector. It was extremely pleasing, and to a great extent reassuring, that both President Jacob Zuma, who spoke at the opening day of the conference, and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, who took to the podium just before me, had spent considerable time addressing the issues we had highlighted in our local government audit outcomes report in July this year.